Dry turkey breast. What can I do with it now?!


Question: I made a turkey. I overcooked it, and the breast is pretty dry. What can I do with all that meat? I plan to make some soup with some of it, but is there anything else I can do? That's alot of meat that can go to waste.


Answers: I made a turkey. I overcooked it, and the breast is pretty dry. What can I do with all that meat? I plan to make some soup with some of it, but is there anything else I can do? That's alot of meat that can go to waste.

First place the sliced meat in an open pan with lid, then combine 1 can of chicken broth and 1 can of turkey gravy together and mix well. then pour over turkey and cover with lid, and refridgerate overnite.. the next day your turkey will be tasty and juicy. and will be great in any recipe you have..

You could make turkey enchiladas just like you'd use chicken. I especially like to use turkey for sour cream enchiladas. You could also freeze some, for another soup other than what you're already going to make. How about turkey salad, just like chicken salad- just use a lot of mayo, etc. so that the turkey soaks it up.

Cut it up and make a turkey vegetable soup out of it. The water will soak into the dried turkey and the veggies add to taste. One better, do a turkey and dumplings. Any chicken recipe can be used with turkey.

Make Turkey ala King. Makw a White Sauce**, add diced turkey and a small bag of frozen peas and carrots, some chicken boullion granules, S&P to taste, and stir. When veggies are thawed (3-4 min), serve over toast poits, puff pastry, or in pie crust.


**Basic White Sauce

2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup milk

In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Add flour and stir until the butter and flour are well combined. Pour in milk, stirring constantly as it thickens. Add more or less milk depending on desired consistency.

Make Turkey ala King, or Turkey Stroganoff.

Invent Turkey on a Shingle.

Shred, add to Chinese stirfries.

Shred, make into lumpia (fried spring rolls).

Taco or burrito filling? Gyro?

Spaghetti sauce?

Layer with pasta sauce, cheese and fried eggplants, bake.

Turkey salad is a good option.

You could shred some, add barbeque sauce and have BBQ turkey sandwiches and coleslaw.

Replace any recipe with the breast. I also like to add it to fresh batch of dressing. But enchilada, meat salad, but put in processor to grind it, add a little meat drippings before combining mayo, pickle etc. Alfredo sauce on noodles with chopped up meat...just think of all the ways you usually make stuff into casseroles, sub the dry bird...sauces, cheeses, gravies will help. But chop up the meat into bite size pieces to get more moisture incorporated.

you can make sandwiches, use the meat for a salad, my mom sometimes fries it with olive oil it taste real good with chips

Use the meat as you would cooked chicken. Make some gravy & make hot turkey sandwiches. Make a couple of casserole recipes to freeze. Make chicken salad. Make creamed chicken on biscuits. You can do all kinds of things & still make soup.

Toast some Italian or French bread slices (any sturdy, chewy bread). Spread mayo or butter or pesto on the bread. Add turkey and whatever meltable cheese you like. You can add olives, red onion, etc. if you like. Put under broiler til cheese melts.

Voila! Yummy open-faced sandwiches.

you can do anything you want with it. use it in any recipe or eat it plain. just tear it into small pieces and simmer it in a pot of chicken or vegetable broth for 10 minutes.

you can also add seasoning to the simmer if you want. just don't add salt. there's already lots of salt in broth.

Pot pie.

Turkey Tetrazinni!

http://southernfood.about.com/od/turkeyc...





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